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Food for All: Carolina Public Health Magazine recently profiled Dr. Alice Ammerman and her work in improving access to healthy food

HPDP director Alice Ammerman, DrPH, co-chairs the "Food for All: Local and Global Perspectives" 2015-2017 UNC academic theme which was recently featured in the Carolina Public Health Magazine. The goal of the theme is to bring fresh community-grown produce to local communities across the state of North Carolina. Two main themes stem from the project that intertwine with Ammerman's interests: providing healthy produce access to everyone including underserved communities and increasing economic opportunities for local farmers and distributors.

Research4NC provides North Carolina public health practitioners and clinicians a single place to find UNC-developed interventions, resources and trainings. Learn more at their website, Research4NC.org

Building a Partnership in Hertford County, NC with Community Health Workers

The Carolina Heart Alliance Networking for Greater Equity (CHANGE) is testing an innovative program to encourage healthy habits and reduce the risk forheart disease by engaging community health workers (CHWs) to bridge the gap between clinical and community services.

The Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care program, currently known as Go NAP SACC, recently revamped their website. Besides the updated look, the new renovations to the website also make it more compatible with mobile devices. Success stories accompanied by videos of actual program participants on the front page of the website highlight the triumphs of NAP SACC.

GO NAP SACC program revamps their website

The UNC Center for HPDP promotes equity among people of different backgrounds in the public health community. See resources we use for addressing equity and discussing the impact of implicit bias here.

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